NORTH LAS VEGAS -- A North Las Vegas police officer has been arrested on charges of fraud after allegedly misusing a department credit card.

North Las Vegas police spent the past week investigating one of their own, 39-year-old Benjamin Miles Cordova. They determined he'd been using a department credit card for personal use.

Police said he used the card for personal gain on three separate occasions and has been booked into the North Las Vegas Detention Center on suspicion of three counts of fraudulent use of a credit card and three counts of receiving property obtained by unlawful use of a credit card.

The investigation began a week ago when investigators learned a card was missing.

“There are two things in law enforcement that can’t be tolerated – dishonesty, and the other is theft,” said NLVPD spokeswoman Chrissie Coon. “Those are things that administration takes very seriously, and I think all officers know they’re all held to the same standard.”

Cordova was a patrol officer who had served 6 1/2 years with the NLVPD.

Police said they have the necessary checks and balances in place to make sure police officers do not get away with this.

Cordoba is on paid administrative leave, as Nevada state law requires.